Last year’s winner of the award was Dr. Trevor Bell’s SmartICE project. In addition to the scientific approach to sea ice quality research, the cultural and social aspects of the project were also awarded. Picture: Dr Michael Wenger Projects to study...
Volcanic eruptions leave their traces in the perpetual ice of the polar regions by blasting particles and gases into the atmosphere, which are then trapped in the ice in Greenland and Antarctica and can be measured by researchers such as Professor Michael Sigl (small...
The past two years almost no tourist voyages to the North Pole could take place, and also in this year the polar bears should hardly meet a ship on the way. Picture: Dr Michael Wenger Out of the frying pan and into the fire probably best sums up the current state of...
The Greenlandic towns, like Uummannaq, are basically built on the coast. Here, they are influenced by numerous factors that will in turn respond to climate change and alter the lives and lifestyles of the population. Picture: Dr Michael Wenger The effects of the...
The Klondike gold rush swept almost the entire world from 1896 onwards and caused a run on the far north of Canada and Alaska, which in the end brought the hoped-for fortune to only a few. Thousands died of cold, hunger, exhaustion or were killed. Images: Library and...